10 Horror Movies That Make Silence Terrifying

Now, as the title of this list suggests, these are films that use silence to scare its viewers, and so far there's been no mention any completely silent films. So let's remedy that by jumping right back to 1922 with F. W. Murnau’s symphony of horror.

Back in a time when vampires weren’t misunderstood teenagers or just people trying to be Bela Lugosi, Count Orlok haunted people’s nightmares, with Nosferatu being an unofficial adaptation of the Bram Stoker book we all know so well.

This film's real fear comes from long scenes of Orlok staring into the camera, and when mixed with the choppy aged film and grain to the picture it feels like you picked up some old haunted film that you really shouldn’t be watching.

The style and lack of dialogue make it feel otherworldly. That's all before you see the strange warped sets and long shadows that German expressionist films of the time relished. You can thank films like this for most abstract horror.

And every Tim Burton film ever.